O’side man accused in Carlsbad bank heist

CARLSBAD  An Oceanside man, arrested last week after authorities received an anonymous tip, pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday to robbing a Carlsbad bank.

FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth said authorities arrested Edward Jones Inzunza on Friday during a traffic stop on Thunder Drive and Lewis Street in Oceanside, not far from Landis Park.

Foxworth said Inzunza, 30, was arrested on suspicion of bank robbery for a Jan. 4 heist about 4:30 p.m. at Comerica Bank on El Camino Real near Hosp Way in Carlsbad.

The thief ordered a teller to give him money from the drawer. He kept one hand in his jacket pocket, leading bank employees to believe he may have had a gun tucked inside, according to federal court documents.

The robber stuffed the money — nearly $1,100 — in his pocket and left in an early 2000s white Toyota T-100 extended cab pickup.

On Jan. 28, more than four weeks after the robbery, an anonymous tipster contacted San Diego Crime Stoppers after seeing surveillance photos on the news, and said the thief might be Inzunza, according to authorities.